use one's head



use one's head

Think, have common sense, as in Use your head, Martin. No one's coming out in this weather. This idiom uses head in the sense of "brain" or "intellect," a usage dating from the late 1300s.
See also: head, use

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Petruccio-Medieval Italian
Amanda[ə'mændə]
Imtiyaz-Arabic
Petulapə-TYOO-ləEnglish (Rare)
Nicostratus-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Siriporn-Thai